When boxer Patricio Manuel hit his opponent Hugo Aguilar at a Saturday night match in Indio, California, he also was punching his way through societal barriers. The 33-year-old Manuel’s win over Aguilar marked the culmination of a six-year journey to become the first transgender male boxer in U.S. history. It was worth everything I went through to get to this point,” Manuel told the Los Angeles Times. Manuel told the Desert Sun newspaper that the injury was a blessing in disguise. I think it needed to happen this way.

Source: Huffington Post December 10, 2018 22:29 UTC